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		Section/Rule:	70.03
Subject:	Rule 70 - Rules of Civil Procedure - Rules Governing Civil Procedure in the Circuit Courts - Instructions	Publication / Adopted Date:	May 20, 1964
Topic:	Objections to Instructions	Revised / Effective Date:	January 1, 2018

70.03. Objections to Instructions

Counsel shall make specific objections to instructions considered erroneous. No party may assign as error the giving or failure to give instructions unless that party objects thereto on the record during the instructions conference, stating distinctly the matter objected to and the grounds of the objection. The objections must also be raised in the motion for new trial in accordance with Rule 78.07.

(Amended May 20, 1964, eff. Jan. 1, 1965; Jan. 19, 1973, eff. Sept. 1, 1973. Renumbered from Rule 70.02 April 7, 1977, eff. Dec. 1, 1977. Amended June 1, 1993, eff. Jan. 1, 1994; June 30, 2017, eff. Jan. 1, 2018)